Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1887-09-04


George <. F0rtescue. ths baxom Cath
sFlbe of Eiees s'kEaagei1.e" caallsd o1a-
adsntialiy the othsr sF~aiag Of let Of
Usii- kn0NA professionals Wao have been
seen Ia that popular huFiesqas. II have
besn viii Exs0xeline 81 ei-At years.
So be. "po get tlFet piasing lhe sane
GA part night after nlzkt " ~ sis9tild II
/ "a vel paid Tor 81 sad cOnn.le1u2ily my
0of. iEs ne cueats we're aftef ia tbs
world. We've lad soule great people Ia
Lfaasellae, TIE osss ia tie land al one
tine and another When 1 lrs. joined
the Company Eliza Westhersby vas
ne Gabriel Nat Goodwin, lie Blame,
oeorge Knight. Cart petrica. aud Nenie
Clancy. EVangeiins. Then We had M-.
George Knight as Gabriel aud Rose Tenn
pie. Lizzie Webster hrst played Eul=iie
and then Gabriel We had Dora Wiley, TOO
and Louise Ssafle in the two chief parts.
and think OF it--Liliian Russell ia the
ca0Fus. Yes, the airy. fairy Lillian was
once chorus girL Fernona Jarbesu was
once an kysngeiine, aud good one. aud
Henry Dixey and Dick Golden played the
the heifef with Laura Joyce as Evsngeine.
Alice Harrison as Gabriel, Willie Edonin as
Le Blanc and pretty Sadie Msrtinot as
Euialie. Mrs. Mckee Rankin was one
o. our GA5sels. anu BY the
make up my eyes. Clever woman, indeed.
There are lev cleveree. Fay rempleton
was another Gabriel and 50 also were Irene
Verona ana Alice AthertOn, and Billy
C. ane once played lie Blanc. Game was a
good comic opera singer and he Is yet. We
were IN keene. y. H.. once and our Evan
gelins was sick. 50 played both Catherine
aud Eyangeline. And in Boston once We
played The piece with i've different Ga
briels. Ed. Rice, the composer, tempted
the h'es on the night of his benefit snd ap-
pesrsd as lie Blame with Willie Edouin and
Alice Atherton IN the cast, and
Pauline Hall. now great New
York hvorits- was for time
our Hans Wagner. Harry Hunter7 Oh
yes. the Lone Fisherman. He 10 dead. Mr..
Aalfit. who now plays the part, Is the orig
iastor Of ali the business. He really Great
ed the part, and to him belongs tbs credit
OF the Lone Fish-rman's popularity. lie is
an actor. Psntomlmiss and creator.
There was a time when We played the piece
with two Fishermen just for the novelty of
the thing. Mr.. AatfiE was one and Alice
Harrison the other, and in the diamoud
scene Matiit would pick Alice up and put
her In the bag be carried with
the other diamonds you know.
Let--me-see. Venie Clancy, Harry
Hunter and Harry Josephs, the original
Catherine, are dead. and so also is Harry
Nnrdock who was burned in the BrOoklyn n
| theatre IRE. Blanche Chapman, who once
played Gabriel, is married 10 Ford, OF Wash
ington. Lizzie Webster is married 10 Jske
Nunnemacher. of Milwaukes-and that re-
minds me that Miss Webster was one of the
most modest women in tights / ever saw.
| Not that any Of them are immodest eI-
| actiy. but there was always an indetinAoe
1 AIR OF modcsty and refinement about Miss
| Webster which impressed everybody favor
| ably. Alice Atherton and Willie Edouiu
ars playing IN England and we all know
| whist Billy Crane Nat Goodwin and Harry
| Dixey are doing. Dixey, by ths
| way. Is the originator Of the Irish police
man. or rather of his manner Of speech, etc.
| Eliza Wcathersby sad death after Ions
illness is still fresh in everybody's memory
| Lizzie Harold Is now Mrs. C0mley, and
| Rose Temple is the vile OF a member o
some legation in Russia. while Sadie Marti-
not is in Paris. Dora Wiley and Louise
| Searie are still heard in opera at times, and
| Veynona Jaroeau Is about 70 blossom out as
star. Laurs Joyce Is the wife Of Digby Bel
and belongs TO McCaull's forces, and Fay
Tempieton and Alice Harrison bon uE
sersneiy every little while. Lillian Russell
continues 10 be great fav0rite and Nr
and Mrs. George knight are stars Of lon.
| standing. Mr.. Rice intends 10 take Evan
geiine' TO London next year, and / think
shall go with him"
James III. Palser, who piioted Henry Irv
ing through this country on his first am
second tours. arrived in the city yesterday
| MIR Palser i IN stva1ce of Riceis "Evsnge
line" which will be seen 81 Powers Crane
| Opera House, Monday and Tuesday even
1 inrs September II aud i3